an interesting new sketchbook with brown paper pages - and hydrangea in coloured pencil
Hydrangea, coloured pencil on brown wrapping paper in A4 sketchbook, 6.5 x 5.5 inches,Vivien Blackburn
A friend, Daryl, kindly sent me this interesting sketchbook with pages that are brown wrapping paper. I rather like this paper to draw on so I thought I'd do a series of pieces in different media to see how they work.
It did quite well holding many layers of cp - the surface is fairly smooth and it worked much better than I expected. It's quite thin paper though, so wouldn't take a lot of rough handling. (Ignore the colour variations in the paper, that's my fault in the scanning/adjustment)
Now I have to try it with paint and other drawing media - I'll post some of these when I do them.
It's nice to work on a variety of papers, different colours, textures and weights.
Sorry about the absence and scarcity of posts - work is a bit hectic at the moment with a project going on and me having to work extra hours. Things should calm down next week. I also have to organise work for an upcoming show.
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Good luck with your up coming show.
Thanks Annie, Jennifer, Krista (I don't know who makes it I'm afraid as a friend saw it in her local art shop. It doesn't have a brand name),Lindsay, Julie, Janet and Teresa. :>)
I used to do a fair bit using brown wrapping paper but haven't in a long time - it was fun.
(I think there is someone on Urban Sketchers who does buildings in white chalk/crayon on brown paper.)
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Regards
Jean and Dinah - yes it wouldn't take watercolour for sure - but probably acrylic or gouache would be ok and oil certainly would be.
Ink and chalk would be interesting ....
I just need time!
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Good luck, Vivien, with your work and other demands.
I'm tempted to try .....